18. And Yosĕph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born, put your right hand on his head.”
19. But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.”
20. And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕl shall bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menashsheh!’ ” Thus he put Ephrayim before Menashsheh.
21. And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “See, I am dying, but Elohim shall be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22. “And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”